Answer to Question #259516 in Physics for Theodore

Question

Mrs. Lowe is having a bad day. She's spilled a water bottle on her desk three times today. She's using paper towels to clean up the mess, but they don't work well. Instead of soaking up the water, they just spread it around. She decides to stop by the grocery store and pick up a new brand of paper towel made out of recycled hay that a student told her could soak up an entire glass full of water with just one towel. Write a possible hypothesis for this scenario (3pts). Identify the independent variable (1pt), Identify the dependent variable (1 pt). *

Answer 1

A hypothesis: Mrs. Lowe is buying the towel and it soaks up most of the water but she needs to apply two towels and a half to clean the desk fully. The independent variable here is the amount of water the towel can soak. The dependent variable is the total time required to clean the desk.